republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-890.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to privileged city information disclosed to elected city auditor; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Defines \"legally protected material\" to mean information and records of city that are protected by attorney-client privilege held by city and attorney work product prepared in course of providing legal services to city.</b> Provides that disclosure of legally protected material to elected city auditor does not waive privilege with respect to any other person, to extent legally protected material is disclosed for purpose of audit or investigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 890"
citation: "Oregon SB 890 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1462554c-387d-43f1-9927-1253b2e2cfe8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB890"
source_hash: "5d3d2d011def38d467e2cee6c943f11b2c4c7d0c35a2e0b00768ec64890958c5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon SB 890 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to privileged city information disclosed to elected city auditor; and declaring an emergency.

<b>Defines "legally protected material" to mean information and records of city that are protected by attorney-client privilege held by city and attorney work product prepared in course of providing legal services to city.</b> Provides that disclosure of legally protected material to elected city auditor does not waive privilege with respect to any other person, to extent legally protected material is disclosed for purpose of audit or investigation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB890/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB890/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB890/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB890/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB890/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB890/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T23:50:22+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-23T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-29T22:10:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30T17:51:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03T18:19:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-04T16:09:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T21:19:35+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-06T21:41:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07T16:23:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-12T22:33:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-13T22:06:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-14T21:12:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-15T18:02:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-19T18:31:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T18:42:17+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-23T20:02:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-26T21:45:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T22:16:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, June 29, 2017.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 528, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1462554c-387d-43f1-9927-1253b2e2cfe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).